Proverbs 12:12

WEB

¹²The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

KJV

¹²The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

BSB

¹²The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

FBV

¹²Wicked people long for ill-gotten gains, but good people are productive themselves.

Extra References

Jeremiah 17:7-8

⁷“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD. ⁸For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.

John 15:5

⁵I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Luke 8:13-15

¹³Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation. ¹⁴What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life; and they bring no fruit to maturity. ¹⁵Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

Proverbs 1:17-19

¹⁷For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird; ¹⁸but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. ¹⁹So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

Psalms 10:9

⁹He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.

Proverbs 29:5-6

⁵A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. ⁶An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

Psalms 1:3

³He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

Isaiah 27:6

⁶In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 37:31

³¹The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Habakkuk 1:15-17

¹⁵He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. ¹⁶Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good. ¹⁷Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?